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Pandemic taking a toll on parents

Mommy Merlot and Daddy Doobie – Nov. 9, 2020 - In a May survey conducted by the Research Triangle Institute International, researchers polled 993 people from across the United States about their drinking habit... Read More...

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Cafe Is Helping People Recovering From Addiction With Jobs and ‘Relentless Love’

WATCH – ‘Relentless Love’ says it all – Nov. 9, 2020 - A cafe in Charlotte, North Carolina, is giving people recovering from addiction a fresh start. The Community Matters Cafe partners with the Charlotte Rescu... Read More...

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We Recovered Too: The Family Groups’ Beginnings in Al-Anon Pioneers’ Own Words

MEDIA: Book recommendation – Published 2011 - Hazelden proudly presents this engaging multimedia retrospective of the Fellowship that has brought the miracle of recovery to countless family members and lov... Read More...

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Climate change, sobriety at heart of new novel

MEDIA: Book review – Nov. 10, 2020 - In part, writing the book was healing for Lord – “an exorcism,” he calls it – allowing him to work through those experiences while finding humour and levity. “I made mys... Read More...

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Why Do People in Recovery Experience Sugar Addiction?

Because it tastes good? – Nov. 9, 2020 - Susannah Gerber is a chef, nutritionist, and food behaviorist. By food behaviorist, she means that she is a behaviorist that works on health behavior change and relatio... Read More...

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How to Avoid Addiction Relapse

Vigilance! – Nov. 14, 2020 - Avoid tempting scenarios. We’ve often heard people share that they wanted to prove to others or themselves that they could be around substances and not use them – which is a dangero... Read More...

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Q&A with Lisa Hower, Hower Lodge

Stick with the Winners! – Nov. 17, 2020 - I am so Grateful to be Clean and Sober! Through the darkness of my addictions I finally found the Surrender that has allowed me to access a Power outside of mysel... Read More...

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Michael J. Fox’s past struggles with sobriety, Parkinson’s & fame

WATCH – Sober Like A Fox – November 9, 2020 - With the love and support of his wife of more than 30 years, Tracy Pollan, Fox found sobriety: “The tools that worked for quitting drinking work even better for , w... Read More...

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What It’s Like To Be A Sober Drag Performer In Toronto Pt. 1

Queen and Sober – November 13, 2020 - April Wozny: Tell us what is was like when you drank/used and what happened when you discovered the moment you realized you needed to get sober. Boa: When I first ... Read More...

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Getting Sober in 2020?

There’s no ‘How-To’ guide – November 10, 2020 - A Nielson survey found that alcohol sales rose 54% at the start of the pandemic in early March. And last month, a new study published in the JAMA Network Open fou... Read More...

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Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers arrested after crashing his car in Malibu

Portrait of an Alcoholic – Nov. 10, 2020 - The actor, 43 - whose battle with alcoholism has been well documented over the years - is believed to have had a ‘solo and minor’ car accident at around 5pm on Sunday.... Read More...

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Review

MEDIA: Film Recommendation After binge watching Netflix’s mini-series QUEEN’S GAMBIT, which I enjoyed tremendously, I listened to a rare interview with the author, Walter Tevis, who also wrote The Hustler, The Color ... Read More...

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Kenny Dunn Photo-documents Being Sober 24 Hours To 4 Years

Caterpillar into Butterfly – Nov. 2, 2020 - “I spent most of my life battling a sugar addiction and like most Americans, I was obese as a result. Once I had detoxed myself from sugar and carbs, I was able to se... Read More...

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Man Looking To Return Lost Sobriety Coins To Owner

It’s the hugs that can’t be replaced – Nov. 1, 2020 - Shared on Facebook by Mat Ross, he details how he came across a stack of sobriety coins at the Big Apple location on Cottage Road in South Portland. Ross s... Read More...

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Ashley Addiction Treatment’s Joint CEOs

Time to share – Nov. 6, 2020 - Ashley’s powerful legacy of treating each patient with dignity and respect together with its innovative clinical advancements have placed it at the forefront of the addiction and subst... Read More...

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Alberta eliminates $40/day fee for residential treatment

Canada - Where Human Life Still Matters – Nov. 6, 2020 - “For the first time in Alberta’s history, publicly funded addiction treatment will be extended to all Albertans,” says Associate Minister of Mental Heal... Read More...

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Jim Ramstad, congressman championed mental health and recovery issues, dies at 74

Loss of a good guy – Nov. 6, 2020 - Shortly before his death, Mr. Ramstad celebrated his 39th year of sobriety. He spoke openly on how he hit his low point. In 1981, he awoke from a blackout in a South Dakota ... Read More...

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A year sober, able to help others and feeling unstoppable

We all can heal – Nov. 8, 2020 - I would never miss a happy hour or networking event — especially when there’s an open bar. I was also the one who would plan out a night of bar hopping and dancing with friends.... Read More...

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Treatment centers in Maryland struggle

Time to come together – Nov. 8, 2020 - On a summer evening in August, Holt relapsed in Brooklyn Park and contacted Pascal Crisis Stabilization Center in Crownsville for short term help. They picked him up, but ... Read More...

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Film Festival Flix Announces Partnership with Reel Recovery Film Festival

Movies delivered to your home – Nov. 5, 2020 – Reel Recovery Film Festival patrons and ticket holders will be able to view feature films with themes like vulnerability, battling within, willingness, and much mo... Read More...

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Scott Darlow Chats His New Single & Sobriety

WATCH – Living the good life – Oct. 28, 2020 - This morning on the show, Triple M’s Pablo chatted to singer and muscian, Scott Darlow, about his new single, sobriety and, how much he loves Christmas trees! H... Read More...

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The Dog Who Saved Me

A Tail of Hope – October 2020 - Brayson’s name was meant to sound soft and approachable for fear of the stigma that Pit Bulls have had to contend with in recent years. And he was soft, friendly and loving. At m... Read More...

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Residents go to court against rehab house

Recovery is not against the law! – Oct. 28, 2020 - The house next to them on Oakwood Drive Southwest, which had been a single-family residence, was sold in June and converted into a temporary home for clients ... Read More...

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Michigan’s first public recovery high school opens

WATCH – Education Matters! – Oct. 26, 2020 - The school will be on Wellspring’s Farmington Hills campus, but it is open to students from across the state. The 80-acre campus includes a library, computer lab,... Read More...

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Addiction Symptoms and Treatment for Professional Men

Ask for directions already! – Oct. 28, 2020 - The men we treat also struggle with sharing emotions. Asking for help and showing humility and vulnerability is usually associated with sharing emotions. That again... Read More...

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Illuminating look at lives in poverty & alcoholism

SHUGGIE BAIN – Oct. 31, 2020 - When Hugh “Shuggie” Bain is five years old, his drunk mother Agnes calmly sets fire to the curtains in their room and clings to him as they burn, until his father rushes in to put... Read More...

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Q&A with Chet Hower of Hower Lodge

Stick with the Winners! – October 30, 2020 - I feel blessed to live in the age where recovery is possible. It has allowed me to be a Father, Partner, Husband, Grandfather, and a part of the solution! M... Read More...

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Why the pandemic is inspiring many to give up alcohol

No one will notice but you – Oct. 25, 2020 - Maritza Chesonis-Worthington, a functional nutritionist & hormone expert, told Salon it used to be hard for her to imagine giving up alcohol — until the pandemi... Read More...

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Crystal Waltman earns national award for ‘Quitting to Win’

MEDIA: Book Suggestion – Oct. 30, 2020 - “My book was up against hundreds of books from authors throughout the world and I’m truly honored to have won this award,” Waltman said. “I wrote this book as my way to... Read More...

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